Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CATEGORY

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What does CATEGORY mean?

CATEGORY noun
  1. A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
  2. A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.

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